Gov’t panel suggest 6-month total closure of Boracay starting April 26

03/23/2018

The government’s Environment, Tourism and Interior departments are set to submit to President Rodrigo Duterte their recommendation for the six-month total closure of Boracay starting April 26. Interior Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing III told Radyo Inquirer 990…

House panel found sufficient grounds to impeach Sereno

Inquirer.net 10/05/2017

The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is dismayed over the House committee on justice finding sufficient grounds to hear the impeachment against Sereno. “Dismayado kami na inaprubahan ’yung pagtingin na sufficient in grounds ’yung impeachment…

House panel starts probe on South Korean waste

Doris C. Bongcac, Morexette B. Erram 08/22/2017

THE House Committee on Ecology opened on Tuesday its inquiry on the shipment of 5,000 metric tons of South Korean wastes to Cebu in January. But questions which Cebu 3rd district Rep. Gwen Garcia raised on how…

Senate panel tackles bill that will exempt first-time jobseekers from gov’t fees

Inquirer.net 08/22/2017

A Senate panel tackled on Tuesday a bill seeking to exempt first-time jobseekers from paying fees and other charges collected by various government agencies for the issuance of documents needed for employment. The Senate Committee on Youth…

Jeers, cheers for panel decision on Niño’s arrest

Ador Vincent Mayol 06/14/2017

The decision of the three-man panel of prosecutors to uphold the legality of the arrest of Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Rey Boniel was cheered and jeered by opposing camps. Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, director of the…

Poe panel OKs 5-year validity of driver’s license

AP, Inquirer.net 05/09/2017

After just one hearing on Tuesday, the Senate committee on public services chaired by Senator Grace Poe approved a measure extending the validity of all driver’s licenses from three years to five years. “There is no opposition…

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